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IUDs are super effective at managing periods and preventing pregnancy, but the procedure to put them in can be painful. Not everyone who gets an IUD experiences pain when the device is inserted, but many do. That isn’t surprising! The pelvic region is rich with sensory nerve endings, which is why people experience many sensations, some pleasurable and others painful, in and around the vagina, cervix and uterus.
Medical providers didn’t used to offer pain management for gynecological procedures because of the (misogynist and now debunked) presumption that these types of procedures don’t cause pain. But pain management is now widely available and should absolutely be offered to anyone who opts to have an IUD placed into their body. You don’t have to use pain management for an IUD insertion if you don’t want to, but everyone should be offered the choice.
Queer nurse Sarah Kiser is here to tell you about how an IUD is placed, at which points during the procedure people experience pain, and the pain management options that can be used at various points during the procedure.
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"In short: Nine million Canadian women of reproductive age will have the full cost of their contraception covered as part of a major health care reform, the government says.
The reform includes the most widely used contraceptive methods, such as IUDs, contraceptive pills, hormonal implants and the day after pill.
What's next? The government must still win the approval of Canada's provinces, which administer health care."
"Canada will cover the full cost of contraception for women, the government says as it highlights the first part of a major health care reform.
The government will pay for the most widely used contraceptive methods, such as IUDs, contraceptive pills, hormonal implants or the day after pill, for the nine million Canadian women of reproductive age, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Sunday at a press conference in a pharmacy in Toronto.
"Women should be free to choose the contraceptives they need without cost getting in the way. So, we're making contraceptives free," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on X, formerly Twitter.
The announcement fleshes out the first part of a bill unveiled in February that, once completed, would mark the biggest expansion of Canada's publicly funded health care system in decades.
This new regime will also cover the cost of diabetes medication for some 3.7 million Canadians.
The cost of the new system and timing of the launch have not been announced...
The government must now win the approval of Canada's provinces, which actually administer health care, for this new system. Alberta and Quebec have already said they would opt out.
The pharmacare plan — as it is called locally — follows protracted negotiations between Mr Trudeau's Liberal minority government and a small leftist faction in parliament.
The New Democratic Party agreed to prop up the Liberals until the fall of 2025, on the condition that the government immediately launch the drug program."
-via ABC News Australia, March 31, 2024
#canada#canadian news#canadian politics#reproductive rights#contraception#iud#morning after pill#contraceptives#birth control#bodily autonomy#reproductive health#justin trudeau#healthcare#public health#healthcare reform#good news#hope
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Indiana anti-abortion lobby targets IUDs in new bill
A seemingly mundane bill to expand access to birth control has become the latest battleground for anti-abortion advocates who have previously lobbied for lawmakers to conflate some forms of contraception with abortion.
As originally written, House Bill 1426 by Rep. Rita Fleming, D-Jeffersonville, would have required hospitals to offer long-acting reversible contraceptives — IUDs and arm implants — to Medicaid-covered women after they give birth. The legislation is meant to help women in vulnerable situations and potentially save the state billions of Medicaid dollars spent on unintended pregnancies.
But now the bill is drawing criticism from some Democrats and medical professionals after an anti-abortion group successfully lobbied legislators to exclude IUDs from the bill — falsely claiming the birth control devices cause abortions. IUDs would still be covered by Medicaid, but hospitals would not be required to offer them.
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Yesterday I went to Planned Parenthood and got an IUD installed. Now I’m sitting in a coffee shop all smug and giddy cause I got a fetus-repellent device guarding the ecosystem inside the deflated balloon in my viscera
My IUD will keep me at peace for 8 (!) years. If a body is a temple then I just got a holy cross erected in mine. Nasty pain, blood, and the most fucked up sensation of a metal rod poking at my intestines, all to ward off the demons from my no man’s land
Funny thing, I got an IUD for emotional support. I’m ace, sex is not on my priority list. However, I’m a trans person living among republicans in a blood red state. Nobody here gives a shit about my autonomy, and we all know republican legislators are attracted to the prospect of sexual abuse and forced pregnancy in their domain. But jokes on you, sick fucks, I have a bad bitch T-posing in my uterus. I now can relax a bit and feel safe while I’m pursuing a hysterectomy
All hail birth control 🙏
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I heard back from my doctor and whoo boy
The ultrasound shows I have a small fibroid and possible adenomyosis which means one of the treatment options is off the table. She wants me to get an endometrial biopsy to make sure there's nothing more sinister in my uterus. I had one done 15 years ago. It was suggested by my (at the time) new doctor 5 minutes before it was done without any pain management or sedatives. It hurt so bad I nearly kicked him. So my new doctor said I can take ibuprofen and she will give me Xanax, but I told her I can't take ibuprofen so what should I take and btw I've had vicodin for cramps before so can we try that and skip Xanax? We will see what she says. I also informed her I've already had two panic attacks since she first mentioned getting this biopsy done again.
Her message also said my options are birth control pills, a particular IUD, or hysterectomy. I responded that I will under no circumstances get an IUD. I asked how the birth control will be different from the ones I was already bleeding through and how long do I have to try them before it's clear they aren't working. We will see what she says. I know a hysterectomy is a major surgery, but I am also so sick of this. I'm so tired of hormone pills making things worse.
#about me#medical stuff#obgyn#endometrial biopsy#pcos#fibroids#adenomyosis#endometrial abaltion#hysterectomy#birth control#iud
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Murder Daddy Kinktober 18 won’t be happening as I’m a tired, pained mess after having an IUD fitted yesterday, love y’all but I need to sleep most of today. 🩵🫶🏻✌🏻
#Mdkt#Mdkt2023#Mdkt23#murder daddy#murder daddy kinktober#Murder daddy kinktober 2023#pedro pascal#pedro pascal characters#writing prompts#writing updates#tw IUD#cw IUD#iud#My uterus hurts#And not in a good way#I am your cool slutty daddy#Daddy [me] loves you
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It is fucked up that no one really mentions that if you have PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) you have a higher likelihood of developing diabetes and endometrial cancer. Fucking cancer! I've been diagnosed with PCOS for around 7 years and I didn't know that until I went to Planned Parenthood a couple of days ago. No one thought to tell me. All they focused on was weight gain, acne, and extra body/facial hair because that is obviously the worst thing that can happen. (Note: major sarcasm there.)
You know one of the only ways to make it harder to develop either of those? By taking some form of birth control. The pill works, but so does an IUD, an implant, or the depo shot.
This is part of why we mention that birth control is healthcare. Yes, even if birth control methods were just for preventing pregnancy they would still be healthcare, but they also can potentially keep me alive.
Anyway, I'm going to be getting an IUD as soon as I can.
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Alright I’m so sick of the fact that AFAB people don’t understand their own reproductive system. I have several issues with my own so for my fellow young AFABs:
What is and is not normal:
Normal:
Irregular or unexpected periods: when you first start having your period they typically won’t be regular and you may even have spotting (bleeding between periods) sometimes as an adult
Having an increased amount of discharge before periods: you will typically have discharge when ovulating and it may even happen more often and more heavily in the days proceeding your period. This is in fact normal and you can help protect clothes and underwear by using panty liners
Pain or discomfort during your period IN MODERATION (more later): of course you will have cramps during your periods and of course it’s not going to be easy. However you should definitely learn about pressure points to help with abdominal pain as well as using heat packs and learning what works best for YOU.
Not normal(please keep in mind that this is if these things happen consistently):
Excessive pain/soreness: If you have pain all throughout your period that does not stop or you have pain during intercourse when not on your period talk to your ob/gyn and if your doctor tells you that it’s normal/something you need to get used to, or dismisses it that IS NOT the doctor you need or want.
HEAVY periods: if you are changing pads meant for heavy flow every four-six hours I’m begging you to talk to your doctor, it is not normal or safe to be losing that much blood on a regular basis
(There is more I can put here but I can put them on as I remember)
IUDs:
IUDs are intrauterine devices that look like little plastic Ts. These are a form of contraceptive that are also used to treat things like PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) and Endometriosis (a disorder when tissues from your uterine lining sits on the outside of your uterus and ovaries, though it can move to other places in the body). If you have an IUD you or your partner may be able to feel string coming from your cervix out into the vaginal canal. This is normal. However if you feel the plastic connected to this string call your doctor, your IUD may be leaving your uterus and that is not a fun experience.(it’s happened to me.) When your doctor puts in your IUD they will open to your cervix (this does actually hurt) to insert it. Once the IUD is in your uterus you may have irregular periods as the IUD takes a while to work. (I had a 208 day cycle when I first got mine)
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND I AM NOT A DOCTOR THIS IS ALL MY RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCE.
tell me if there is more you’d like to know more about, I will help as best as I can
#iud#period cramps#afab problems#afab nonbinary#afab transfem#afab nb#afab enby#afab anatomy#afab trans woman#trans masc#transgender#transmasc
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update for anyone considering getting an IUD: the insertion itself sucked, wasn’t the worst pain I’ve ever felt but it definitely wasn’t comfortable whatsoever, I dropped “fuck” a few times as it was happening lmao the cramps you get right afterwards are brutal though, I will be curled up with my heating pad for the rest of today and likely tomorrow too
#honestly I should’ve had someone else drive me home afterwards instead of driving myself#so lesson learned there#IUD
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Teen births have fallen by more than three-quarters in the last three decades, a change of such improbable magnitude that experts struggle to fully explain it. Child poverty also plunged, raising a complex question: Does cutting teen births reduce child poverty, or does cutting child poverty reduce teen births?
While both may be true, it is not clear which dominates... Ms. Marsaw, who waited until 24 to have a child — a daughter, Zaharii — has considered the issue at length and embraces both views.
“This is a very, very, very good topic — it touches home with me in so many ways!” she said, adding that teen pregnancy and child poverty reinforce each other. “If you escape one, you have a better chance of escaping the other.”
Teen births have fallen by 77 percent since 1991, and among young teens the decline is even greater, 85 percent, according to an analysis by Child Trends, a research group that studies children’s well-being. Births have fallen at roughly equal rates among teenagers who are white, Hispanic and Black, and they have fallen by more than half in every state. [Note: They have FALLEN at similar rates, but there are unfortunately still disparities in the rates themselves due to the many profound impacts of racism.]
The decline is accelerating: Teen births fell 20 percent in the 1990s, 28 percent in the 2000s and 55 percent in the 2010s. Three decades ago, a quarter of 15-year-old girls became mothers before turning 20, according to Child Trends estimates, including nearly half of those who were Black or Hispanic. Today, just 6 percent of 15-year-old girls become teen mothers.
“These are dramatic declines — impressive, surprising, and good for both teenagers and the children they eventually have,” said Elizabeth Wildsmith, a Child Trends researcher who did the analysis with a colleague, Jennifer Manlove.
Not all teen mothers are poor, of course, and many who do experience poverty escape it.
The reasons teen births have fallen are only partly understood. Contraceptive use has grown and shifted to more reliable methods, and adolescent sex has declined. Civic campaigns, welfare restrictions and messaging from popular culture may have played roles.
But with progress so broad and sustained, many researchers argue the change reflects something more fundamental: a growing sense of possibility among disadvantaged young women, whose earnings and education have grown faster than their male counterparts.
“They’re going to school and seeing new career paths open,” said Melissa S. Kearney, an economist at the University of Maryland. “Whether they are excited about their own opportunities or feel that unreliable male partners leave them no choice, it leads them in the same direction — not becoming a young mother.”
Sex Is Down, Contraception is Up
On the surface, the decline in teen births is easy to explain: Contraception rose, and sex fell.
The share of female teens who did not use birth control the last time they had sex dropped by more than a third over the last decade, according to an analysis of government surveys by the Guttmacher Institute. The share using the most effective form, long-acting reversible contraception (delivered through an intrauterine device or arm implant), rose fivefold to 15 percent. The use of emergency contraception also rose.
Contraception use has grown in part because it is easier to get, with the 2010 Affordable Care Act requiring insurance plans, including Medicaid, to provide it for free.
At the same time, the share of high school students who say they have had sexual intercourse has fallen 29 percent since 1991, Child Trends found. Some analysts, including Brad Wilcox, a sociologist at the University of Virginia, say the postponement of sex, which has intensified since 2013, stems in part from the time teens spend in front of screens.
Abortion does not appear to have driven the decline in teen births. As a share of teenage pregnancy, it has remained steady over the past decade, although the data, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, omits medication abortions, and analysts say the recent Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, eliminating the constitutional right to abortion, could cause teen births to rise.
If adolescent girls are more cautious with sex and birth control, what explains the caution? A common answer is that more feel they have something to lose. “There is just a greater confidence among young women that they have educational and professional opportunities,” Mr. Wilcox said.
In 2013, the economists David Autor and Melanie Wasserman found that women in their mid-30s were nearly 25 percent more likely than men to have a four-year college degree, and at every educational level earnings had grown faster for women than men...
A Brighter Future
For Ms. Alvarez, [an undocumented immigrant and the child of a teen mother,] the story is simpler: Her future unfolded as planned. [She successfully avoided teen pregnancy.] Though still working on her English, she managed the transition to the University of the District of Columbia. In her second year, fortune smiled: She boarded a city bus and ran into Fredy, the man who had pursued her in high school.
Like Ms. Marsaw, she no longer feared pregnancy as she had in her teens. When a lapse in contraceptive use had a predictable effect, the news solidified her plans more than it disrupted them. She married shortly before giving birth at 23. “You’ve never ready to become a mother, but I felt like I can do this,” she said.
A baby did slow her educational progress. Working two jobs, she took six years to earn a bachelor’s degree, then started a job at Mary’s Center, the clinic that had encouraged her to seek scholarships.
She coordinates care for cancer patients and has legal protection under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a program for undocumented migrants who came to the United States as youths. With a family income above the national average, she and her husband recently bought their first house.
“If I die tomorrow, I can say I achieved the American dream,” Ms. Alvarez said. “But if I had gotten pregnant as a teenager? I’m not sure, but I don’t think so.””
-via The New York Times, 12/31/22
#united states#us politics#teen pregnancy#abortion#teen mother#pregnancy#contraception#iud#emergency contraception#healthcare#child poverty#intergenerational poverty#good news#hope
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Oh look… it’s the Tesla logo! 😅
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post-Mirena IUD removal update:
1 - today marks 1 week. had a tiny bit of spotting first couple days, been very fatigued and sleeping a lot. as of last night, cravings have hit me hard. I suspect this is premenstrual; I had forgotten how intense of food cravings I used to get! getting a lot of cramps today.
2 - I had seen the flex cup ads on YouTube, but omg I had NO clue how many options exist for women and girls now that didn't 6 years ago!! menstrual cups were pretty new as a concept last time I was menstruating, and I had started using them with a fairly positive experience, though after a steep learning curve. they now make all kinds of things, including this (honestly very cute) period starter kit for teens:
I got myself the Pixie Disc kit with 2 sizes of disc (discs weren't a thing last time I menstruated, so wanted to try), plus the items pictured above (lube, carry bag, wipes, cleansers, boil cup for sterilizing). the reviews are wildly positive. I also got myself this:
portable/wireless heating pad "belt" with 3 heat settings & 5 massage settings for cramps. they also make steam sterilizing units for the cups/discs that are surprisingly cute.
I am honestly so excited?? this is a lot to experiment with and potentially a total game changer from what I remember periods being like. I'm really thrilled that girls today, and especially a decade from now, might have such a radically different experience with menstruation management than I ever had. I had a nightmare of an experience (now a hilarious story) with my mom (who has never had a uterus and thus obviously never had a period) trying to help me figure out tampons as a teen. I would totally get my future daughter a "starter kit." and who knows what else might exist by then? I hope these sorts of products can help girls growing into womanhood to experience more peace and less alienation from their bodies than many of us did.
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*twirling the string on my IUD like a telephone cord*
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Women's health talk below
Bleeding and cramping every other day for a month because my 'IUD is settling' is actually crazy.
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I got an IUD for the first time today and the insertion wasn't as horrific as some reviews described but it was certainly EXTREMELY uncomfortable. They had to literally pinch my cervix with a metal pincher to keep it in place and there was no anesthesia of any kind. Even with a good amount of Tylenol it felt like the worst period cramps I've ever had, and on the ride home every little bump made me yelp in pain. I'm also bleeding quite a bit. I just took another Tylenol and I'm finally starting to feel somewhat normal but definitely still in a lot of pain.
I still think so far it was worth it because it gives me 8 years of protection but GOD this has not been a fun day. I think I'm going to keep posting on how I'm doing and any side effects I may have as I adjust to it because I know other people's birth control anecdotes can be very helpful. I had pretty minimal side effects with the Xulane patch (but from what I've heard it's being discontinued and Zafemy sucks) and this is a much lower dose of birth control so I'm hoping I should be okay.
I hate that I even had to do this but this upcoming year is going to be the last year I'll be able to stay under my parents insurance (I'll be turning 26 and my current job doesn't have insurance) and with abortion rights disappearing at an alarming rate I need all the protection I can get.
Fuck the Supreme Court.
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